P&O Ferries: Inspections

(asked on 11th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of Port State Control inspections that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has carried out on the P&O Ferries vessels (a) Pride of Canterbury, (b) Pride of Kent, (c) Pride of Hull, (d) Spirit of Britain, (e) Spirit of France, (f) Norbay, (g) European Causeway, (h) European Highlander from 1 January 2019 to date.


Answered by
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Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 16th May 2022

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has conducted the following number of Port State Control inspections since 1 January 2019 on the P&O ferries: Pride of Canterbury – one; Pride of Kent – two; Pride of Hull – two; Spirit of Britain – two; Spirit of France – one; Norbay – none; European Causeway – eight; and European Highlander – five.

There have not been any Port State Control inspections on the Norbay as it is registered in Bermuda which is part of the Red Ensign Group which includes the UK; the UK is considered the Flag State.

The second inspection on the Pride of Kent included four visits by MCA inspectors between 28 March and 9 May 2022.

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